Gardner's Art Through The Ages Chapter 1 & 2

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Title of Work: Human with feline head
Origin: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
Date: ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Venus of Willendorf
Origin: Willendorf, Austria
Date: ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Woman holding a bison horn
Origin: Laussel, France
Date: ca. 25,000-20,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Bison from Altamira
Origin: Altamira, Spain
Date: ca. 12,000-11,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Spotted horses and negative handprints
Origin: Pech-Merle, France
Date: ca. 22,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Hall of the Bulls
Origin: Lascaux, France
Date: ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE

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Title of Work: Stone tower at Jericho
Origin: Jericho
Date: ca. 8000-7000 BCE

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Title of Work: Landscape with volcanic eruption (?)
Origin: Level VII, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey
Date: ca. 6150 BCE

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Title of Work: Stonehenge
Origin: Salisbury Plain, England
Date: ca. 2550-1600 BCE

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Paleolithic

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30,000-9,000 BCE
The "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings.

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Neolithic

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The "new" Stone Age.

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profile view

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Seeing only one side.

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frontal view

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Seeing only the front.

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composite view/twisted perspective

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A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally.

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sculpture in the round

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A sculpture that is sculpted on all sides, intended to be seen from all angles.

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relief sculpture

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In sculpture, figures projecting from a background of which they are part. The degree of relief is designated high, low (bas), or sunken. In the last, the artist cuts the design into the surface so that the highest projecting parts of the image are no higher than the surface itself.

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post-and-lintel

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A system of construction in which two posts support a lintel.

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Title of Work: Hammurabi's Law Code
Origin: Susa, Iran
Date: ca. 1780 BCE

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Title of Work: White Temple and ziggurat
Origin: Warka, Iraq
Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE

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Title of Work: Female head (Inanna?)
Origin: Warka, Iraq
Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE

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Title of Work: Presentation of offerings to Inanna (Warka vase)
Origin: Warka, Iraq
Date: ca. 3200-3000 BCE

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Title of Work: Standard of Ur
Origin: Royal Cemetery, Tell Muqayyar, Iraq
Date: ca. 2600 BCE

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Title of Work: Bull-headed lyre
Origin: Royal Cemetery, Tell Muqayyar, Iraq
Date: ca. 2600 BCE

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Title of Work: Head of an Akkadian ruler
Origin: Kuyunjik, Iraq
Date: ca. 2250-2200 BCE

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Title of Work: Victory stele of Naram-Sin
Origin: Susa, Iran
Date: ca. 2254-2218 BCE

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Title of Work: Ziggurat of Ur
Origin: Tell Muqayyar, Iraq
Date: ca. 2100 BCE

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Title of Work: Seated statue of Gudea holding temple plan
Origin: Telloh, Iraq
Date: ca. 2100 BCE

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Title of Work: Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
Origin: Susa, Iran
Date: ca. 1350-1300 BCE

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Title of Work: Citadel of Sargon II
Origin: Khorsabad, Iraq
Date: ca. 720-705 BCE

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Title of Work: Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Origin: Khorsabad, Iraq
Date: ca. 720-705 BCE

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Title of Work: Assyrian archers pursuing enemies
Origin: the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq
Date: ca. 875-860 BCE

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Title of Work: Ashurbanipal hunting lions
Origin: the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Kuyunjik, Iraq
Date: ca. 645-640 BCE

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Title of Work: Ishtar Gate
Origin: Babylon, Iraq
Date: ca. 575 BCE

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Title of Work: Persepolis
Origin: Iran
Date: ca. 521-465 BCE

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stele

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A carved stone slab used to mark graves or to commemorate historical events.

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hierarchy of scale

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An artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance.